GOLDEN PLOVER (PLATE CCC)

Lesser Golden Plover, "Pluvialis dominica." Greater Golden Plover, "Pluvialis apricaria" JW 36 very good impression, a long horizontal crease with associated ripples through the platemark at top (reinforced on the verso), slight foxing mainly in the right margin, small loss in the bottom left margin corner, slight soiling in the margins, extreme edges discolored 14 5/8 by 20 3/8 in.; 372 by 517 mm. On March 16, 1821, near New Orleans, Audubon witnessed the passage of thousands of these birds coming from the northeast. The French hunters whom he accompanied shot, according to the calculations of the artist, 48,000 plovers in the course of the day.